The SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying the Dragon cargo capsule blasts off from Launch Pad 40 at the Kennedy Space Center April 8, 2016 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The CRS-8 mission is carrying a prototype inflatable Bigelow Aerospace module called BEAM to the International Space Station.

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The SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying the Dragon cargo capsule blasts off from Launch Pad 40 at the Kennedy Space Center April 8, 2016 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The CRS-8 mission is carrying a prototype inflatable Bigelow Aerospace module called BEAM to the International Space Station.

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Location: Cape Canaveral, Florida
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